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The Long Gestation of the Small Naked Mole-Rat (Heterocephalus glaber RÜPPELL, 1842) Studied with Ultrasound Biomicroscopy and 3D-Ultrasonography

The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is one of the two known mammalian species that live in a eusocial population structure. Here we investigate the exceptionally long gestation period of 70 days observed in the mole-rat queen. The course of seven successful pregnancies in two individuals was...

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Autores principales: Roellig, Kathleen, Drews, Barbara, Goeritz, Frank, Hildebrandt, Thomas Bernd
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21408185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017744